RE: possible reentry ?

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 18:49:52 EDT

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    Wim Holwerda asked:
    
    > While walking the dog tonight (030929) I saw a bright meteor 
    > at approx. 21:10 UTC (+/- 5 min) moving from the planet Mars 
    > towards the southern horizon (so the direction of movement 
    > was North - South). The brightness was around mag -3 and the 
    > velocity was low for a meteor; it lasted for about 5 seconds. 
    > I wonder if this might have been a satellite reentry ?
    
    It was a slow meteor. It was far too fast to have been a satellite decay, which
    may be visible for on the order of one minute. Also, decays result in a long
    trail of fragments.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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